Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are an important instrument for the protection of foreign direct investment (FDI). However, compared to international trade law, international investment law has so far received only little research attention from an economic point of view. By applying a law...

Menschenrechte zwischen Globalisierung und Wirtschaft -- Menschenrechtsschutz in der Wirtschaft -- Menschenrechtsverletzungen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette von Mobiltelefonen -- Menschenrechtsverletzungen beim Rohstoffhandel -- Entsorgungswege und Regularien.

This book offers the first definitive English-language resource on Chinese business law. Written by an authoritative source, the book accurately describes what the business law is and explains legislative intentions underlying the myriad of law, rules, and regulations. Moreover, it provides the...

An Optional European Contract Code in the Institutional Competition between European Contract Laws -- Assessment of the Desirability of an Optional European Contract Law -- Evaluation of the European Commission's Impact Assessment Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation on a CESL.

Walk down any main street in Shanghai, Paris or New York and you will see evidence of the counterfeit goods trade. Everyone has seen or heard of fake Prada bags or Omega watches. But how large is the counterfeit market? It appears that the same numbers have been quoted repeatedly in sources...

Für die künftige Entwicklung des Musikmarktes ist die Frage entscheidend, wie ein in Europa agierender Musikdienst an die Rechte kommt, die er benötigt, um in Rechtssicherheit agieren zu können. Rainer Rainer analysiert und kommentiert die aktuelle Marktsituation aus der Perspektive aller...